The international-court tag has no usage guidance.
Does the US withdrawal from 1955 Treaty of Amity have any effect on the ICJ's vote about US sanctions on Iran?
Has the UN Terrorist Financing Convention had a material impact?
Where can I find a list of the cases brought to the International Court Of Justice?
Do Caribbean countries have standing against colonial countries for slave reparations?


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W: move up, D: change weapons, Space: fire. It's a mix of Jetpack Joyride and a side scrolling shooter! Hope you have fun!
The concept is fun. The background transition is a little buggy. Fun game though.
nice :) I like how you can control hero and orient shoot with a single key. The scrolling loop is weird it seems like you forgot to teleport all shots on screen because sometime everything vanish.
Yeehaw! I really like the physics of flying up, the way you rotate slightly does make it seems like a jetpack. I wish there were obstacles that required you to use it.
The game needs music. The graphics are charming. It gets too easy once you switch to the rocket launcher, thoough. Also, there's something really weird about the way it's rendered, like, everything is just very jerky.


I need to setup internet in my apartment. Which provider would provide the best service and connection? Or all the same?
I think it depends on your internal connections or external boxes. Maybe ask your neighbours who they use. Be aware that customer service can be extremely poor. We attempted to switch back to proximus for Internet TV and phone last year complete nightmare due to guy in shop lying to us about keeping our old phone number. Order lost in system despite being given a connection date no one came, when o rang they seemed surprised I wasn't happy I'd wItex in all day! It was terrible no one could sort it out. Staff on help desk often agency and didn't know anything. told me out and out lies. It went on for literally weeks. I couldn't cancel with out Incurring. Huge penalty because the set up came we. TV we had stupidly removed from its box. in the end I had to change our landline number even though I didn't want to. and was promised it wasn't an issue.


text:
Uber has agreed to sell its Southeast Asia business to rival Grab
Jon Russell	@jonrussell / 3 years
After weeks of speculation, Uber has concluded a deal that will see it sell its business in Southeast Asia to local rival Grab. The company plans to announce the agreement this coming week and potentially as soon as Monday, two sources have confirmed to TechCrunch.
Full details of the arrangement aren't fully clear at this point, but TechCrunch understands that Singapore-based Grab will take over Uber's ride-sharing in the eight markets in Southeast Asia where it is operational. It will also take ownership of Uber Eats, which is available in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Bloomberg reported today that Uber will take 25-30 percent equity in Grab in exchange.
Both Uber and Grab declined to comment when contacted separately for comment.
The successful conclusion of negotiations comes less than two months after SoftBank, an early investor in Grab, secured a long-drawn-out deal to become an Uber shareholder.
SoftBank is thought to have favored consolidating Uber's businesses in emerging markets, with Southeast Asia — a loss-making geography for all — one of its apparent targets. That's despite significant growth potential as more of the regions 600 million consumers come online for the first time.
Revenue from taxi apps is said to have more than doubled over the past two years to cross $5 billion in 2017, according to a recent report co-authored by Google. The industry is expected to reach $20 billion by 2025, the same report found.
Uber previously exited China in 2016 after striking an equity exchange deal with Chinese market leader Didi. The U.S. firm also quit Russia last year after it sold its business in the country to local rival Yandex.
Unlike those two deals, however, Uber had held a decent position in Southeast Asia in recent times although it appeared to lose considerable market share last year. Issues inside Uber, including the resignation of founding CEO Travis Kalanick and investor squabbles, seemed to divert its attention away from Southeast Asia. All the while, Grab marched on and it notably refueled its tanks with over $2.5 billion in additional funding from investors.
Grab isn't the only rival in Southeast Asia, however. Go-Jek leads the Indonesian market and it recently gained the backing of Google, JD.com and Tencent at a valuation of some $5 billion. Despite winning in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy and the world's fourth most populous country, Go-Jek is yet to venture overseas. This Uber-Grab consolidate certains gives it a good reason to expedite those plans.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


I don't understand. What great battle?
We getting new towers that'll use the stuff?
April 1st was 2 weeks ago.
Wow I can build 2 of each level 1 towers. How generous.
Can I have the time spent restarting the game back please?
What is the special occasion? Am I missing something?
Wasnt worth the reboot to acquire it.


If you want to make Neera killable during the Red Wizard encounter, it takes all of two seconds to make the necessary change to NETHAY01.DLG in NearInfinity.
That's good news. It means it shouldn't take the devs too long to change things back in the next patch.
still.. its bit weird in logic... I mean if you take the example of GreenWarlock, main and Imoen then you have been already in countless near death situations right? Either a lonely wolf in the fields or some gibberings you just can't manage. quicksave and load are two terms that are very much attached to this wicked game!
I've looked into the files a little closer, as AstroBryGuy said, you'll need to remove her immunity spell. She also has the amulet of min1hp - so you'll need to remove that.
In my improved cutscene mod (wip), I've made 3 small changes. I replaced her immunity spell with two wild mage spells. I've replaced the min1hp amulet with a protection of form stability amulet and I've replaced the range from which she first talks to you from 20 to 2, so you can approach her at your leisure.
PM me if anyone wants to download this before the mod is finalised (Im working through all the battle cutscenes before releasing the mod).
I've tested this on insanity mode with a party of Jaheira, Immy, Khalid, Monty and Xzar and she never comes close to dying.
1) It is consistent with other such implementations, aka Dorn (even though some people say he's bugged right now - something I haven't seen myself and I use him right now).
2) Beamdog gives you a way to completely avoid the encounter if you want.
3) As seen in this very thread, not everybody dislikes her new implementation.
You disagree with what they've done. That's ok, but that's not enough for them to change things, because that's neither a bug nor a huge gameplay problem (forcing the fight on the player was one in my opinion).
I'd suggest that you make yourself a small tweak mod to fit your needs. Learn how to do it, it's seriously not as complicated as it sounds. And then, you'll have the game you really want.
I kinda liked that they could be killed. It opens up more pressure in no/low reload games and keeps to the general game philosophy that pretty much anyone can be killed and the game just carries on.
Place a fireball near a quest giver. Dead. Quest complete. Got a temporary tag along guest that hangs around your symbol of warding oh dear onto the next quest I guess. That reactivity is a bit unique to these kinds of RPG's and I think the immortality takes that choice away.
But I understand that is a quite a game changer in Legacy of Bhaal. There's no way you can simply make Neera's pursuers deal regular damage on a Legacy of Bhaal run?
If Dorn is currently killable during his ambush, then it's a bug, and it should be reported. I'd appreciate if someone could report with a save file attached.
The MINHP1.ITM is taken care of by a DestroyItem() action in NETHAY01.DLG state 0, transition 1. It is already removed at the end of the CUTNE1A cut scene.
Also, the Thayvians attack my CHARNAME when they turn red-circled, even when I say they can have Neera when talking to Ekandor. There's nothing in their scripts that targets Neera only.
I got this wrong and I apologise for providing misinformation. I ran the encounter again today and realised that it is only the wizard who appears to ignore the CHARNAME and in fact it only happens when he has run out of spells. I assume he hasn't been given any weapons or hasn't been scripted to use them because he just stands there. He will move away slightly if you approach him but you can attack him repeatedly and he will do nothing.


The book of Revelation is filled with many awful and wonderful things. There is fire and judgment; angels with scrolls and seals and that release plagues upon the earth. Then there is a city called "The New Jerusalem" with streets of gold, a river of life and trees lining the river with healing in their leaves.
In these first chapters of the book the Lord is addressing the different churches in Asia Minor. Many believe that these churches are representative of church ages and others believe that they represent seven different conditions the church may be in at any given time. Whatever is true about those churches there is universal truth that is addressed to each of them.
The church of Philadelphia is being praised in this passage. The Lord says, "I know your deeds… You have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name." They had held steadfast to the faith and now God is going to reward their patient endurance.
There are times for all of us when living in faith means patience to endure hardships and persecution. It is in those times that our faith is truly tested and we are forced to ask ourselves, "Do I really believe what I say I believe?" The answer to that question rests in your ability to patiently wait for the victory of God.
When you stand firm in your faith you are going to have friends, and even family, who will not understand your position. You may even have to stand alone . When that happens remember two things: The battle is God's not ours; Patient endurance gets God's attention and releases his favor.
It was because the Church of Philadelphia had kept the commands of the Lord, enduring patiently, that God promised to save them from the most severe trials.
Prayer: Lord, I am no different than others. Adverse circumstances and hard times cause me to think of doing it my way. Grant me the grace to trust you. Amen.
Principle: There are times for all of us when living in faith means patience to endure hardships and persecution.
Affirmation: When my faith is truly tested and I am forced to ask myself, "Do I really believe what I say I believe?" My answer Is Yes - I am willing to endure hardship and persecution as I patiently wait for the victory of God.
Reflection: Why is it often difficult to patiently wait upon the Lord in times of hardship and persecution? As you reflect upon the promise given to the church of Philadelphia what hope does that give you in your circumstances?


text:
package pgs

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

// DebuggerCommon contains shared features of Debugger and Debugger-like types
// (such as BuildContext).
type DebuggerCommon interface {
	// Log writes v to the underlying logging location (typically, os.Stderr). It
	// uses the same behavior as log.Print, with all prefixes already attached.
	Log(v ...interface{})

	// Logf formats v and writes it to the underlying logging location
	// (typically, os.Stderr). It uses the same behavior as log.Printf, with all
	// prefixes already attached.
	Logf(format string, v ...interface{})

	// Debug behaves the same as Log, but only writes its output if debugging is
	// enabled for this Debugger.
	Debug(v ...interface{})

	// Debugf behaves the same as Logf, but only writes its output if debugging
	// is enabled for this Debugger.
	Debugf(format string, v ...interface{})

	// Fail behaves the same as Log, but also terminates the process. This method
	// should be used if an un-recoverable error is encountered.
	Fail(v ...interface{})

	// Failf behaves the same as Logf, but also terminates the process. This
	// method should be used if an un-recoverable error is encountered.
	Failf(format string, v ...interface{})

	// CheckErr ensures that err is nil. If err is not nil, Fail is called with
	// err and the provided v.
	CheckErr(err error, v ...interface{})

	// Assert ensures that expr evaluates to true. If expr is false, Fail is
	// called with the provided v.
	Assert(expr bool, v ...interface{})

	// Exit should terminate the current process with the provided code.
	Exit(code int)
}

// A Debugger provides utility methods to provide context-aware logging,
// error-checking, and assertions. The Debugger is used extensively within the
// protoc-gen-star generator, and is provided in a module's build context.
type Debugger interface {
	DebuggerCommon

	// Push returns a new Debugger with the provided prefix. When entering a new
	// context, this method should be used.
	Push(prefix string) Debugger

	// Pop returns the parent for the current Debugger. When exiting a context,
	// this method should be used.
	Pop() Debugger
}

type logger interface {
	Println(...interface{})
	Printf(string, ...interface{})
}

type errFunc func(err error, msgs ...interface{})

type failFunc func(msgs ...interface{})

type exitFunc func(code int)

type rootDebugger struct {
	err       errFunc
	fail      failFunc
	exit      exitFunc
	l         logger
	logDebugs bool
}

func initDebugger(d bool, l logger) Debugger {
	rd := rootDebugger{
		logDebugs: d,
		l:         l,
		exit:      os.Exit,
	}

	rd.fail = failFunc(rd.defaultFail)
	rd.err = errFunc(rd.defaultErr)

	return rd
}

func (d rootDebugger) defaultErr(err error, msg ...interface{}) {
	if err != nil {
		d.l.Printf("[error] %s: %v\n", fmt.Sprint(msg...), err)
		d.exit(1)
	}
}

func (d rootDebugger) defaultFail(msg ...interface{}) {
	d.l.Println(msg...)
	d.exit(1)
}

func (d rootDebugger) Log(v ...interface{})                  { d.l.Println(v...) }
func (d rootDebugger) Logf(format string, v ...interface{})  { d.l.Printf(format, v...) }
func (d rootDebugger) Fail(v ...interface{})                 { d.fail(fmt.Sprint(v...)) }
func (d rootDebugger) Failf(format string, v ...interface{}) { d.fail(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...)) }
func (d rootDebugger) Exit(code int)                         { d.exit(code) }

func (d rootDebugger) Debug(v ...interface{}) {
	if d.logDebugs {
		d.Log(v...)
	}
}

func (d rootDebugger) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
	if d.logDebugs {
		d.Logf(format, v...)
	}
}

func (d rootDebugger) CheckErr(err error, v ...interface{}) {
	if err != nil {
		d.err(err, fmt.Sprint(v...))
	}
}

func (d rootDebugger) Assert(expr bool, v ...interface{}) {
	if !expr {
		d.Fail(fmt.Sprint(v...))
	}
}

func (d rootDebugger) Push(prefix string) Debugger {
	return prefixedDebugger{
		parent: d,
		prefix: fmt.Sprintf("[%s]", prefix),
	}
}

func (d rootDebugger) Pop() Debugger {
	d.Fail("attempted to pop the root debugger")
	return nil
}

type prefixedDebugger struct {
	parent Debugger
	prefix string
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) prepend(v []interface{}) []interface{} {
	return append([]interface{}{d.prefix}, v...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) prependFormat(format string) string {
	if strings.HasPrefix(format, "[") {
		return d.prefix + format
	}

	return d.prefix + " " + format
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Log(v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Log(d.prepend(v)...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Logf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Logf(d.prependFormat(format), v...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Debug(v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Debug(d.prepend(v)...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Debugf(d.prependFormat(format), v...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Fail(v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Fail(d.prepend(v)...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Failf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Failf(d.prependFormat(format), v...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) CheckErr(err error, v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.CheckErr(err, d.prepend(v)...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Assert(expr bool, v ...interface{}) {
	d.parent.Assert(expr, d.prepend(v)...)
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Exit(code int) { d.parent.Exit(code) }

func (d prefixedDebugger) Push(prefix string) Debugger {
	return prefixedDebugger{
		parent: d,
		prefix: "[" + prefix + "]",
	}
}

func (d prefixedDebugger) Pop() Debugger {
	return d.parent
}

// MockDebugger serves as a root Debugger instance for usage in tests. Unlike
// an actual Debugger, MockDebugger will not exit the program, but will track
// failures, checked errors, and exit codes.
type MockDebugger interface {
	Debugger

	// Output returns a reader of all logged data.
	Output() io.Reader

	// Failed returns true if Fail or Failf has been called on this debugger or a
	// descendant of it (via Push).
	Failed() bool

	// Err returns the error passed to CheckErr.
	Err() error

	// Exited returns true if this Debugger (or a descendant of it) would have
	// called os.Exit.
	Exited() bool

	// ExitCode returns the code this Debugger (or a descendant of it) passed to
	// os.Exit. If Exited() returns false, this value is meaningless.
	ExitCode() int
}

type mockDebugger struct {
	Debugger

	buf    bytes.Buffer
	failed bool
	err    error
	exited bool
	code   int
}

// InitMockDebugger creates a new MockDebugger for usage in tests.
func InitMockDebugger() MockDebugger {
	md := &mockDebugger{}
	d := initDebugger(true, log.New(&md.buf, "", 0)).(rootDebugger)

	d.fail = func(msgs ...interface{}) {
		md.failed = true
		d.defaultFail(msgs...)
	}

	d.err = func(err error, msgs ...interface{}) {
		if err != nil {
			md.err = err
		}
		d.defaultErr(err, msgs...)
	}

	d.exit = func(code int) {
		md.exited = true
		md.code = code
	}

	md.Debugger = d
	return md
}

func (d *mockDebugger) Output() io.Reader { return &d.buf }
func (d *mockDebugger) Failed() bool      { return d.failed }
func (d *mockDebugger) Err() error        { return d.err }
func (d *mockDebugger) Exited() bool      { return d.exited }
func (d *mockDebugger) ExitCode() int     { return d.code }

var (
	_ Debugger     = rootDebugger{}
	_ Debugger     = prefixedDebugger{}
	_ MockDebugger = &mockDebugger{}
)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Brand Seagate MPN Does Not Apply UPC 8468788631793.
MODEL: WD4000F9YZ. LIMITED WARRANTY! WD has re-certified these as new & sealed them in plastic bagging. If any test fails, the product is scrapped and recycled. So a limited warranty is all you really need.
This item is in excellent working order; however, it will show visible signs of handling such as scratches, scuffs or dents. Item is not in the original box.
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Lot of 4 Samsung 128GB Internal 2.5" SSD SOLID STATE DRIVES! tested!


What is Easter all about? Yes, it is a celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus after the gory death on the Cross… BUT what is it COMPLETELY all about? In the secular world, it is a day of the Easter Bunny bringing a basket of goodies and egg hunts; which these things relate to other things taking place around the time of Easter. Think about how Easter takes place in spring, and various plants are beginning to bloom after a long winter; as well as many animals come out of hibernation, and some produce more offspring. It is a day of renewal or rebirth. Some people may see the day of rebirth as a coincidence or scientific thing because the celebration occurs on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox; therefore presenting the case that it obviously is a time of things returning back to life. Essentially all of these things of the secular world are on target with what Easter is REALLY all about. I mentioned that it is a day of renewal or rebirth, BUT the Resurrection is a celebration of spiritual renewal to preach God's love!
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus preaches about His death and resurrection as being a new beginning, because He tells his followers and the religious leaders many times that the "temple" will be rebuilt three days after it has been destroyed. In the Gospel passage from Matthew for today, we see that Jesus speaks with Mary and Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection, and instructs them to tell the others that He will soon meet them in Galilee. Which then this leads us to the passage from First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, in which Peter instructs the apostles and other followers of Jesus as to what they have been called to do. Peter says, "He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name." Instead of the Resurrection being a "The End" to the ministry of Jesus, it essentially became a renewal because it was now the mission of the apostles to continue the preaching of God's love.
We see in the Second Reading from the First Letter to the Corinthians that Paul is also preaching about renewal and a fresh start through the image of yeast eventually losing the ability to make dough rise, therefore old yeast has to be replaced with new yeast. He is instructing the Corinthian community that in order to continue to do ministry within the community, a spiritual renewal is necessary.
So, just as Paul is instructing the Corinthians that renewal is necessary, we need to remind ourselves that Easter is a celebration of renewal for us today. We can look at the children enjoying themselves while hunting for eggs and appreciate the plants that have come back to life, but we need to remember that this is a time to renew our spirituality in order to spread the message of Jesus Christ. Everybody needs some renewal in their life… nobody is exempt! Easter is this celebration and reminder to help us grow!
Now unfortunately, recent tragic events have taken place around the world. People are being killed by government leaders in the Middle East, Christians are being persecuted and killed for senseless reasons, and unfortunate military action has become the response to these tragic events. The whole point of Easter is missing from this picture! All of this conflict and persecution are the complete opposite of God's love. Therefore we need to take the opportunity of renewal and be like Peter; recognizing that we have been commissioned to preach God's love, with the hope that God's love will prevail over conflict. It is not an easy task, but one which needs done!
Heavenly Father, as we celebrate the Resurrection, may we be reminded that it is a celebration of spiritual renewal in order for us to spread the Gospel; which is the message of Your love. This we ask through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.


"I just wish it was laid out on the interior in a more functional way, like my Honda Odyssey(s) were"
The 3 rows are nice but the passengers will not be very comfortable in the back for long rides. bluetooth and apple play don't work well. you will hate the way the rear hatch opens and closes since you have to stand close to it in order to use the key fob to close the hatch. You can't close the hatch unless you are behind the car, which will annoy you when your kid leaves it up and you have to walk all the way back to the car to close it. The internal storage is not configured well. The front seats have nice open storage under them, a feature very few vehicles offer. Cargo space is plentiful. Gas mileage is not great. It has reasonable pickup speed and handles well. Useful driving data is not all in one place- you have to rotate though too many options. Rear camera alert works sporadically and cannot detect a pedestrian behind the car. You can't lock the car unless you have the key with you, also annoying when you realize someone didn't lock the car and you are near it but don't have the key. Seat pockets are only available behind the front row seats and are very tight and hold maybe a magazine- very poor design. Middle console by driver could use another cup holder and I wish the PRNDL shifter was on the dash and then the middle divider could be better utilized. Bluetooth and apple-play allow you to play music or podcasts/books but entertainment unit controls often stop working so that you have to pick up and unlock your phone in order to stop/control whatever is playing. WHICH IS DANGEROUS. It sounds like I don't like this vehicle, but I do. I just wish it was laid out on the interior in a more functional way, like my Honda Odyssey(s) were. It's like they didn't consult moms who transport lots of kids/people and instead focused on "technology" ( which doesn't work reliably).
"Include Navigation or add as an option"
Advise anyone to buy if they are looking for a vehicle that can comfortably haul a family of 5 -7 at a reasonable price and includes the latest in technological advancement Increase HP for Atlas. Include Navigation or add as an option. Avoid plastic interior. Incorporate two-tone interior. Add an dashboard button for Lane Assist.
"It is easy to change from a passenger vehicle to one that can transport larger items"
The Atlas is roomy and easily accessible to those that may have difficulty getting into the rear of most 7-passenger vehicles. You can easily monitor and change the temperature and speaker volume of each row. Our kids and grand-kids have access to power for their tablets and phones. It is easy to change from a passenger vehicle to one that can transport larger items. It is nice to drive and comfortable to ride in even for longer trips. The extras that are offered such as lane assist and the one that monitors how close you are to the vehicle in front of you are not ideal for me. The lane assist tends to take the car out of lanes at times at makes it difficult to steer at times (this could be due to the large amount of construction in our area). And while I don't like to tailgate I don't like the large gaps that the feature leaves when keeping your distance from other vehicles, some drivers seem to think they can fit into any space to get where they are going faster and with no consideration of the risks. I very much like the locking system, as long as I have the keys on me I can lock and unlock easily with the tip of my finger. There are many other things that seem too numerous to mention that I love. This is our third Volkwagen and we find them very dependable.
"I get comments all the time how beautiful it is"
Spacious interior, fun to drive, pretty vehicle that I get a lot of head turns with, regular setting on headlights are VERY bright (good for driver, not so good for oncoming traffic), great moonroof, love the USB input to the audio system the only feature I do not like is the auto stop. I wish there was a way to turn it off and keep it off and not have to push the button to turn it off every time I get in the car.
I don't like is the auto-stop feature. wish I could just turn it off permanently. The headlights seem to be brighter than most cars too. I'm often getting the "signal" to turn off the high beams when they aren't on. The Atlas is a head turner for sure. I get comments all the time how beautiful it is.
"44k should have built in navigation"
The 3rd row arm rests are horrible. Where your arm should go is a hole for stuff. There needs to be a cover so you can use the arm rest. USB plug for 3rd row. Driver and passenger arm rests could extend a bit further a bit far to use while driving. Conversation mirror like pilot to see 2nd/3rd row. 8 speed transmission is nice but would prefer extra top gears not extra gears between 2-4. The Car-Net app is horrible. On-star has VW beat here. The app is useless and overpriced. 44k should have built in navigation. Wifi would be nice. How will you handle CarPlay and iPhone 10 which needs wireless charging and wifi for screen mirroring.
"You need to rethink the start/stop feature"
You need to rethink the start/stop feature. There should be a choice for the driver to default the feature to the off position. This is the most frustrating feature on the vehicle.
"I hope the technology continues to grow within the driver's digital cockpit while maintaining the excellent manufacturer's work..."
I hope the technology continues to grow within the driver's digital cockpit while maintaining the excellent manufacturer's work under the hood.
"My wife and I love our Atlas"
Excellent vehicle all around, would suggest waiting for a diesel powertrain.
My wife and I love our Atlas. The only thing I was disappointed with is the lack of the diesel hybrid engine that was in the Cross blue concept.
"The media reader is not reliable -- that is pretty important to me and so far my biggest disappointment"
The media reader is not reliable -- that is pretty important to me and so far my biggest disappointment.
"Nice car -- very state of the art"
Nice car -- very state of the art. I'm having a drivers seat problem and it could take 2-3 months to get the parts to repair it.
"Make certain features like heated side view mirrors standard in the northeast and make factory remote starters available"
Make certain features like heated side view mirrors standard in the northeast and make factory remote starters available.
"It has just as much room as my Tahoe did with way more standard available features, and offers way more seating and space options"
I love it. It has just as much room as my Tahoe did with way more standard available features, and offers way more seating and space options. My husband and I thought we only wanted another Tahoe, but I don't think I would ever go back to a Tahoe having driven the Atlas.
"For the high price of the vehicle the manufacturer could have included Home Link Garage door opener and a compass"
"I am not thrilled with the car's transmission thus far and plan to bring it in"
As a past VW enthusiast, I took a chance going back to the brand I was loyal to for so many years until I purchased one vehicle that clearly the quality had gone downhill, represented in cheap finishes. After 6 trips to the dealer in the first 4 months of owning the new car, I traded it in and went with another brand I have been loyal to. I am not thrilled with the car's transmission thus far and plan to bring it in.
"Needs power steering wheel, memory on the front passenger seat, and a cargo cover in the back"
Needs power steering wheel, memory on the front passenger seat, and a cargo cover in the back.
"Good family car with lots of room"
Good family car with lots of room. Better gas mileage than I expected for the size of car. Great comfort, and innovative. I had the misfortune of having an accident early in my purchase. Add to that and the vehicle had manufacturing errors. Parts were not available to correct these issues. You should not sell a vehicle you cannot service.
"Please either make the gas tank bigger or give us a diesel option"
Please either make the gas tank bigger or give us a diesel option!
"Nice looking, roomy, plenty of power, and comfortable"
Nice looking, roomy, plenty of power, and comfortable.
"Navigation system maps are way too old"
Navigation system maps are way too old. Missing streets and addresses that are three years old.
The VW Atlas is great. Truly fits my needs. Lots of cargo space and great looks.
"Plenty of room, good gas mileage"
Plenty of room, good gas mileage.
"We bought the first unit sold in CA and it is everything we had wanted and more"
We bought the first unit sold in CA and it is everything we had wanted and more. Driving the Atlas has changed the whole mood and feel of long family trips in the car. Look forward to having the in-car wifi become usable in the future or be able to share a hotspot through the system.
"Thank you so much for designing and manufacturing such an amazing VW vehicle"
Thank you so much for designing and manufacturing such an amazing VW vehicle! We will continue to show it to all of our friends as well as random people that ask us about it (we have been approached many times by people that have never seen the Atlas).
"I won't buy a VW car in future"
Unfortunately, the quality of the Atlas I received is bad. The mechanism to fold the 2nd raw chair is broken, and the usb ports are missing. I won't buy a VW car in future.
"The hood and front grill of the vehicle seems to get very warm and sometimes hot to the touch when we are down driving around town"
The hood and front grill of the vehicle seems to get very warm and sometimes hot to the touch when we are down driving around town.
"We love our Atlas so much we will be buying a second one"
We love our Atlas so much we will be buying a second one. It really is perfect for us.
"The VW Atlas is the best automobile I have ever owned"
The VW Atlas is the best automobile I have ever owned.
"Exceptional engineering and beautifully assembled"
Exceptional engineering and beautifully assembled.
"It fits my needs and my family"
I Love it. It fits my needs and my family.
"We are very satisfied with our purchase"


STORM LAKE, Iowa, December 1, 2018 – Trumbull's Cross Cannone (157) and Foran-Milford's Mike Ross (165) each won individual titles for No. 2 Wartburg College at the Buena Vista Open on Saturday.
Defending NCAA Division III champion Wartburg won the tournament with 32 points with Iowa's Briarcliff College taking second (25) and Southwest Minnesota State taking third (22 points).
Cannone is ranked No. 1 in the country in Division III and went 5-0 in the tournament, taking the title by injury default over Tyson Dowler with just 53 seconds gone in the championship match.
Cannone won his first three matches in the tournament by technical fall and had a 10-2 win over Iowa Central's Ethan Karsten in the semifinals. Cannone has now won 44 straight matches.
He is two wins shy of 100 for his career and four tech falls away from becoming Wartburg's career leader in tech falls.
Ross went 4-0 in the tournament and he brought home the championship with a 4-1 victory over Kenny O'Neil of South Dakota State, a Division I program. O'Neil was wrestling unattached. Ross extended his winning streak to 10 matches with the victory.
Wartburg returns to action Friday when they host conference rival Cornell College in Waverly, Iowa.


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Albert George Francis
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Stanstead Abbotts Village Memorial
Born in 1892 lived with parents Walter and Susan plus 3 brothers and 2 sisters at 82 Chapel Lane, Stanstead Abbotts, by 1911 was living at Homewood, Lincoln Road, Sidcup. Kent.
Joined the Hertfordshire Regiment in 1915 as Private 4902 but was transferred to Bedfordshire Regt, No 266168 and went to France in July that year. Unit involved in Somme campaign at Battle of Ancre and Ancre Heights. Battalion moved to Ypres salient in November 1916. On 31st July 1917 battalion attacked German positions at Langemarck part of the battle for Pilckem Ridge, but were caught in heavy machine gun and artillery fire when they reached German wire. 464 casualties from 6oo, Albert being one of them.


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What Was the Problem? Developing the Intervention Article Information
Success Story: Quick Pivot to Telemedicine in Primary Care
Karen S. Rheuban, MD
Caring for the Health Care Workforce During Crisis
Tait D. Shanafelt, MD; Jonathan A. Ripp, MD, MPH; Marie T. Brown, MD, MACP; Christine A. Sinsky, MD, MACP
Based on an American Medical Association news article published May 18, 2020 and Sara Berg's interview with Kevin Hopkins, MD, Family Physician and Primary Care Medical Director, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Learn how ambulatory primary care at Cleveland Clinic pivoted from a rate of 10% virtual visits to 80% virtual visits in 2 months.
Kevin Hopkins, MD, returned from vacation on March 9, 2020, which was the day the first 2 COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in the state of Ohio. That weekend, leadership at Cleveland Clinic worked together to completely redesign workflows for scheduling and evaluating patients virtually and in person. Within 72 hours, a plan was created for kickstarting telemedicine within their health system.
"We've been trying to get our physicians and APPs (advanced practice providers) to really embrace telehealth options for the last 3 years. I joke every day it's taken a worldwide pandemic to get us to do it. Prior to this, less than 2% of all ambulatory volume at the clinic was completed by virtual platforms."
—Kevin Hopkins, MD
Developing the Intervention
Prior to COVID-19, one of the 2020 goals for Dr Hopkins' team had been "to get to 10% of all ambulatory primary care encounters completed virtually by the end of this year," he said. "There's been some things that we can't control that have held us back, like coverage by insurance companies is a big one, but 3 days earlier in March we went from 99% in the office to about 50% virtual."
"For the month of March and April, we were at about 70% to 80% of our patient encounters being completed virtually. Now we want to try to shift that back, but we don't want to go back to what it was before," he said. "Trying to define that new normal is really part of what we're working on now—designing what's the right mix of in person versus telehealth or virtual encounters."
At Cleveland Clinic, the volume of COVID-19 hospital admissions has been flat for 24 days in a row, but telehealth remains top of mind. As Ohio works through reopening, Dr Hopkins shared further insight into Cleveland Clinic's digital health playbook for rapid transition into telehealth across ambulatory patient care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These are the elements of the plan.
Expanding digital platforms
Cleveland Clinic needed to transition 19 clinical institutes that represent almost 4000 physicians to digital care. In just a few days, virtual care daily volume rose 10-fold.
"We had some technology challenges because we have a virtual platform that we've used for the last 3 years for our express care on demand, which is basically a walk-in urgent care clinic that you can do from your mobile device 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," said Dr Hopkins. "That platform had worked just fine for what it was being used for, but when we were trying to throw tens of thousands of ambulatory visits a day on that virtual platform, it just didn't have the bandwidth."
"We had to quickly find and identify other virtual platform options for how to complete those virtual visits," said Dr Hopkins, adding that right now they are using about 5 different platforms, but will condense it to 1 or 2.
Training and reorganizing the workforce
To provide patient continuity and meet the increasing demand for care for those exposed to or infected by COVID-19, primary care and subspecialty teams were quickly trained.
"One thing I've learned is we can actually pivot and shift and change things a lot quicker than we thought we could when the need arises," said Dr Hopkins. "There are certain things and processes within our system that in the context of a health organization that have historically taken weeks or months to get approved have now taken place within minutes and hours, which is awesome."
"We've also learned that people are more willing to embrace technology than we thought they were—again, that's in the context of a worldwide pandemic," he said. "A lot of people are afraid and didn't want to come into our health care facilities physically, so they were much more comfortable with a virtual encounter."
Developing a standard playbook
Key to the success of Cleveland Clinic's telehealth rollout was the creation of a unified dynamic playbook that lives on a central COVID-19 internal website. The availability of this playbook improved the use and efficiency in a platform that physicians and other health professionals did not previously engage with.
"We're going to move past COVID-19, and virtual visits are here to stay," said Dr Hopkins, adding that it is important to house a playbook or a similar resource that health care workers can look back to for guidance.
"Not everybody's going to remember everything that we're trained on," he said. "They're going to remember the things that they do every day, but they might not remember how to flag a patient chart for something in particular that gives them a resource to be able to look back to."
"This is something that then you can sort of point to and show them and say, 'Well, I don't remember all the details, but based on what we have documented in our playbook, here's what we did,'" said Dr Hopkins.
Maintaining open communication
To launch telehealth, leadership at various levels huddled daily across workgroups and translated key points to the front lines regularly. Transparency allowed for innovation, quick iteration, and early success of telemedicine.
"Communication was huge for our organization because we're 70 000 employees. The ability to pivot and shift in minutes and hours, as I pointed out earlier, it doesn't happen without effective multi-directional communication."
Leadership set up 5 touch points throughout the day to share important information. Daily huddles began at 7:40 AM and continued at several different times with the last occurring at 4:30 PM. At noon, a question-and-answer session with primary care leaders allowed all physicians and APPs to ask questions and learn more. As of May 11, 2020, the touch points per day are being reduced to minimize any redundancy in topics.
"In the beginning, we thought it was important to have a lot of opportunities for caregivers to communicate in multiple directions in order to give and receive information and feedback in a timely manner," said Dr Hopkins. "By being able to field questions as a group on a call with 200 plus primary care doctors from 12 to 1 PM daily, it helped us to disseminate that information more quickly."
Caring for the Health Care Workforce During Crisis: Creating a Resilient Organization
Health Care Delivery Models Mobile Health and Telemedicine Coronavirus (COVID-19)


ed the journey to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their corporate sustainability and governance consulting firm, BrownFlynn, they chose not to highlight their own career story, but instead give further voice to women leaders.
The result is their new book Uplifting Leaders* (*Who Happen to be Women), which features advice and insight from 25 of the nation's most accomplished and influential women business leaders, including Adena Friedman, who assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of Nasdaq on January 1, 2017. She's also a member of the Board of Directors.
Adena brings more than 20 years of industry leadership and expertise and is credited with significant contributions that shaped Nasdaq's strategic transformation to a leading global exchange and technology solutions company with operations on six continents.
She's also a strong advocate for women in leadership and is an avid supporter of mentoring and career opportunities for women in the financial services industry.
I n Uplifting Leaders, Adena shares childhood stories of watching her parents work to achieve their goals, as well as her experiences with male mentors at Nasdaq.
She also advocates that aspiring leaders be not only good communicators, but also great listeners.
"When you listen and try to see deeply into the psyche of your client or employee, you can gain a deeper understanding of what needs to be done to improve the product or your relationship or the company," she says.
Prior to her appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Adena served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Nasdaq throughout 2016 and was responsible for overseeing all of the company's business segments with a focus on driving efficiency, product development, growth and expansion.
Adena rejoined Nasdaq in 2014 as President, after serving as Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group from March 2011 to June 2014.
Before Carlyle, Adena was a key member of Nasdaq's management team for over a decade, serving in a variety of roles including head of the company's data products business, head of corporate strategy, as well its Chief Financial Officer.
Adena is credited with significant contributions to the strategy and expansion of the organization, helping to create one of the most diversified exchanges in the world today. She played an instrumental role in the company's acquisition strategy, overseeing the acquisitions of INET, OMX, and the Philadelphia and Boston Exchanges. She originally joined Nasdaq in 1993.


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Rut Carballido Lopez also spelled Carballido-Lopez is a Spanish-born microbiologist and research team leader in France. She won an Irène-Joliot-Curie Prize in 2015.

Biography
Carballido Lopez left her home in Spain for Lyon, France, at the age of 17 and became part of the first graduating class of Eurinsa, the European section of the INSA Lyon First Cycle. (INSA stands for the Institut National des Sciences Appliqués, and is one of France's top engineering schools).

She earned her Ph.D. at University of Oxford, United Kingdom, where she researched bacteria that possess homologues of eukaryotic actin, namely MreB proteins, that control cell shape.

Carballido Lopez leads the prokaryotic cell development team, at the Micalis Institute, a joint research unit that links work from Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRAE), AgroParisTech and Paris-Saclay University. The institute is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and is headed by Philippe Noirot, assisted by five deputy directors, one of whom is Carballido Lopez.

Carballido Lopez has worked on the roles of bacterial actins in different cellular processes, particularly in morphogenesis, to better understand how the cell wall of bacteria is controlled and explores the role of cytoskeleton in this process.

She is an editor of The Cell Surface, a scientific journal published by Elsevier.

Selected awards and distinctions
Carballido Lopez received the Irène-Joliot-Curie Young Woman Scientist Prize in 2015 for her research.

Selected publications
Carballido-López, Rut and Jeff Errington. "The bacterial cytoskeleton: in vivo dynamics of the actin-like protein Mbl of Bacillus subtilis." Developmental cell 4, no. 1 (2003): 19-28.
Carballido-López, Rut and Jeff Errington. "A dynamic bacterial cytoskeleton." Trends in cell biology 13, no. 11 (2003): 577-583.
Carballido-López, Rut. "The bacterial actin-like cytoskeleton." Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 70, no. 4 (2006): 888-909.
Carballido-López, Rut and Alex Formstone. "Shape determination in Bacillus subtilis." Current opinion in microbiology 10, no. 6 (2007): 611-616.

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Kevin McCloud's biggest advice on self-builds, renovations and trends
'I'm too old to be trendy and I learnt a long time ago that my taste is not your taste.'
DAVID McHUGH
What's the one thing every homeowner should avoid when renovating? And why should you be 'very, very careful' if you're about to embark on a self-build journey? Whether you're looking to self-build or redecorate a room, Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has shared his wisdom with us ahead of Grand Designs Live, which is returning at The NEC this October.
The exhibition is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about the world of custom and self-build, renovations, and design for the home.
Are you looking to renovate your home with big or small projects? Or are you planning to build your very own grand design? Here Kevin speaks to House Beautiful UK to share some very important advice...
1. Renovating your home? Avoid doing everything yourself...
Kevin McCloud: 'The simplest of things can become a great difficulty. If you're going to build or stick an extension on, get an architect on board. They're not very expensive and they actually give you so much better value for money. It's such a British thing to think we can do everything, the idea that, "I've done DIY so I can build an extension, I'd like to do some brickwork, I'll have a go at that." To rely on great people seems incredibly indulgent but it's so comforting. Surround yourself with good people who know what they're doing, whether it's a plumber or a project manager, an architect or a quantity surveyor on a bigger project, these are all really important disciplines.'
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2. But make sure you do this one thing...
Kevin McCloud: 'Make friends with suppliers, get to know people and see them face to face. Grand Designs Live is a great place to get face to face with the people who make the stuff that you buy and it's also a venue where a lot of the goods on offer are made in the UK so it's great to build relationships in the supply chain. It's really, really important, and it's never more so important than right now, when you can't just order stuff off the Internet.'
3. And prepare yourself for the psychological impact...
Kevin McCloud: 'When we move house it's always far more stressful and disturbing psychologically than we imagine. It's really hard to figure out and it's because home represents so much to us. It's safe and we cling to it in a crazy world. Right now with climate change, Covid and war, the idea of home is more important than ever and it's a place of security. The moment you mess with that, the moment you create dust, shut a room off, knock a wall down, the moment you do any of that, you absolutely begin to destroy a sense of security. So if you are going to do DIY at home, you must prepare for the psychological impact of that. Encourage yourself that it will be fine and better once it's done. We all want 0ur homes to be places of rest and sanctuary, and more than ever now.'
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4. Remember to decorate your home for yourself – and no one else
Kevin McCloud: 'I'm too old to be trendy and I learnt a long time ago that my taste is not your taste. My taste is not the taste I had 20 years ago or 10 years ago either. We change and our homes should be a reflection of who we are. You might have IKEA furniture or a table your gran gave you – these things may mean nothing to other people but they mean the world to you. Homes should reflect the personalities of people who live there, our homes shouldn't look like catalogues or a double page spread. In fact, I don't understand why people would want to copy somebody else because we're all individuals.'
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5. Embarking on a self-build journey? Here's some honest advice...
Kevin McCloud: 'It's a really stressful experience, there's no doubt. But it doesn't always need to be stressful if you go on the custom build route – the stress is relieved and it's all taken away from you. But I think it's a tough gig and you need to be spiritually and mentally prepared for it, and for the fact that it can take up to five years of planning, for example. Right now, planning in some parts of the country, by law it's meant to be 12 weeks for a standard planning application, but it's up to 24 now, and the standard seems to be six months to get a planing response, so I'm afraid, every part of the system is stressed and it's difficult. We've see so much pain from our self-builders who have gone through on Grand Designs in the past year. Grand Designs is full of pain!
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'The supply chain, all the things we care about in regards to supermarkets, driver shortages and empty shelves, all this applies to construction and worse, because the price of steel has doubled in two months, the price of timber has more than doubled in the past year, plasterboard is not being manufactured at the moment because they can't find the paper to stick on it, and if you want concrete, many of the concrete supply companies are saying, "we can't give you any, it will be three weeks so we won't give you a price until the day before". So how on earth can anybody right now plan to build anything when you don't know if you can get hold of even the most basic materials? Even the websites of big tile companies online, they usually have a huge choice, but they've only got three tiles in stock. It's really rough right now. I'd say be very, very careful right now and plan, buy your materials up front, rent a warehouse and put them in it.'
Kevin McCloud will appear at Grand Designs Live from 6 – 10 October 2021 at the NEC, for tickets and more information visit www.granddesignslive.com
17 best new home gifts
Best New Home Gifts
Pretty to look at, easy to care for and air purifying – this is a gift that does it all.
Blake Salad Bowl
This salad bowl is a feast for the eyes, matching both modern and traditional kitchens. Matching salad servers are also available.
Sea Salt Signature Candle
A relaxing gift is ideal after a stressful day of moving house. This candle combines notes of crisp sea salt and fresh vetivert, with peaceful oakmoss and cedarwood.
Geo Throw - Blossom & Mist
House Beautiful Homebase
This geometric throw, in contemporary shades of blossom and mist, is finished with a tassel edge. It's guaranteed to make a style statement.
Coconut fibre doormat
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The perfect home greeting, this rectangular doormat in coconut fibre with a cut-out 'welcome' text, is a must-have for a new abode.
Personalised New Home Keyring
Why not gift a charming personalised keyring? This one is crafted from durable English Pewter and it can be personalised with a house number, two initials in each corner, and a symbol.
Florya Mugs, Set of 4 - Multi
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These charming mugs make a wonderful housewarming present for the person who isn't afraid to mix colour and pattern. Perfectly sized, it's ideal for an after dinner cup of coffee or herbal tea.
Culture Vase
A bold silhouette and wide mouth make this the perfect vase for friends that love an eye-catching floral arrangement.
Personalised cheese board with knife set
Cheese lovers will adore this handy set, complete with four stainless steel cheese utensils stored inside the wooden board.
New Home Gift Bag
A housewarming gift that does it all. It includes a celebratory bottle of Prosecco, tea, chocolate, a scented candle and even a keyring
70's Coffee Pot
A wonderfully retro addition to any kitchen, this ceramic coffee pot is a pretty but practical gift. If you're feeling generous, add a bag of your favourite coffee, too.
Home Sweet Home Biscuits
Biscuiteers
A gift that is as sweet as it tastes. The set includes a charming trio of three iced gingerbread biscuits.
Smoke Carafe
A stylish yet practical gift, this is the ideal new house gift for fans of understated elegance.
Amalfi Oval Platter
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Made from high-quality stoneware in an organic shape, this platter works throughout the house. It not only serves as a kitchen accessory but as a handy catchall for keys, too.
Mango Wood Chopping Board
This is a rustic way to serve up canapés and countless other tasty treats.
Textured Gold Detail Champagne Flute
A pair of these elegant flutes combined with a bottle of bubbly is the perfect way to toast a new home.
Marble and Wood Spoon Rest
This is a handy gift that not only looks good but does good. It's made from real marble and mango wood.
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The COSMIC Group was started in 1998 as a special interest group which became a group of global interest whilst developing what is now known as the COSMIC method. This is the most advanced method of measuring a functional size of software applicable to business, real-time and infrastructure software. It is easy to learn and simple to use. The method is entirely 'open'; all method documentation is available in the public domain for free download.
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FDA: It's illegal to sell tobacco or vaping products to anyone under 21
Trump signs bill raising legal age to buy tobacco products to 21
President Donald Trump signed off on a massive spending package that included raising the national legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is now illegal to sell tobacco and vaping products to anyone under 21 years old.
President Donald Trump approved and signed off on a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package last week, which included increasing the national legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.
The increase in the tobacco purchase age also applies to e-cigarettes and vaping devices.
The FDA updated its policy on selling tobacco products after Trump signed the bill and said it will continue to provide updates for businesses as more becomes available.
The measure gained momentum in Congress after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signed on.
The two-bill package, some 2,371 pages long after additional tax provisions were folded in, was unveiled last week and adopted less than 24 hours later as lawmakers prepared to wrap up Trump's impeachment process.
The spending legislation forestalled a government shutdown and gave Trump steady funding for his U.S.-Mexico border fence, a move that frustrated Hispanic Democrats and party liberals. The year-end package is anchored by a $1.4 trillion spending measure that caps a difficult, months-long battle over spending priorities.
Trump signed the measure on Dec. 20.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Meg Fletcher
September 13, 1998 Reprints
NEW YORK -- A newly proposed receivership law would do a good job of maximizing uniformity and fairness in distributing a failed insurer's assets, according to diverse supporters' preliminary comments.
The Interstate Compact Uniform Receivership Law is designed to protect the interests of policyholders, claimants, creditors and the public by providing a comprehensive plan to maximize the uniformity of laws and foster the efficient administration of receiverships. Streamlining the process should reduce unnecessary litigation and leave more insurer assets to pay claims instead of court costs.
The proposed law, designed primarily to apply to receiverships of U.S.-based insurers, also would establish a system that "equitably apportions any unavoidable loss."
A likely key supporter of the proposed law is the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, which already has scheduled a Nov. 19 hearing to review the measure at a meeting in San Diego, said Robert Mackin, president of Mackin & Co. in Albany, N.Y. Mr. Mackin serves as executive director of NCOIL, which is made up primarily of state legislators serving on insurance-related committees.
"Following the hearing, I look to NCOIL fully supporting the receivership law. The hearing should serve as a launching pad for solid legislative support in statehouses in 1999," Mr. Mackin said.
In addition, a spokeswoman for the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. said she is particularly enthusiastic about two provisions:	giving policyholders better access to information by creating an indexed depository of court-related records, and requiring a receiver to present a timely distribution plan on which policyholders can comment.
"It's pretty likely that RIMS will endorse it" after it is presented for members' consideration later this month, said Anne Allen, director of government affairs for New York-based RIMS.
If such support grows, the proposed law may be placed on a fast track for state legislative approval next year in Illinois, Michigan and Nebraska -- the three states belonging to the Interstate Insurance Receivership Commission that developed it. Under commission rules, legislative approval in the majority of member states is necessary before the receivership law can go into effect in any state.
"I think this statute is an exemplary model receivership statute," said Peter Gallanis, special deputy receiver for the Illinois Insurance Department and a representative to the commission that unanimously adopted it last week after making some minor editorial changes.
However, the final printed version of the 120-page measure will be reconsidered today, and additional comment allowed during a commission meeting at the National Assn. of Insurance Commissioner's fall quarterly meeting in New York, Mr. Gallanis said.
The receivership commission and its new law, which took 18 months to craft with input from diverse interest groups, had their roots in earlier criticisms made several years ago by Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., about states' inadequate solvency regulation of insurers, said James R. Stinson, chairperson of the Receivership Law Advisory Committee. He is an attorney with Sidley & Austin in Chicago.
In the 1990 congressional report "Failed Promises: Insurance Company Insolvencies," Rep. Dingell's House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee examined the causes of a string of huge insurer insolvencies in the late 1980s, including those of Mission Insurance Co., Transit Casualty Co. and Integrity Insurance Co.
Rep. Dingell concluded that insurance regulation must be vastly improved to protect policyholders. He later introduced an unsuccessful bill that would have allowed some insurers the option of being regulated by a new federal agency that would set solvency standards.
However, one criticism from Rep. Dingell generally accepted as valid was that a policyholder's rights in an insurer insolvency varied, depending upon the state where the policyholder was located or where the insolvent insurer was based, Mr. Stinson said.
Subsequently, NAIC commissioners from the Midwestern Zone explored the topic with members of the NCOIL, which had drafted a broad Interstate Insurance Protection Compact. Midwest commissioners later pared down that proposal to focus only on receiverships, and from it they developed the interstate compact commission. Individual state legislative action was required to establish the commission, which has run independently since it became operational in 1995.
Overall, regulators found that state liquidation laws were ill-prepared to deal with the complex, multistate receiverships that have occurred in the past 15 years or so, said Mary Cannon Veed, an attorney with Peterson & Ross in Chicago who was one of three "co-reporters" helping draft the law. Resulting problems include unnecessarily delayed claims payments, lack of receiver oversight and general confusion about the rights of various parties in the process.
"Insurance is the business of giving people certainty," Ms. Veed said. "If we have unclear liquidation laws, we not only don't give people certainty, we give them additional uncertainty. We make things worse for them."
Many provisions of the new receivership law proposal are designed to provide certainty, including a measure that satisfies important guaranty association concerns, Mr. Stinson said. Those guaranty association concerns include "Class 1 priority treatment for expenses, an express right to intervene, and strengthened 'early access' provisions," he said.
However, many of those provisions likely will have to be introduced in states as companion legislation, because the interstate compact itself, which established the commission, prohibits promulgation of rules directly relating to guaranty associations.
This prohibition created "a very difficult problem for ourselves," when it came to this law, said Kevin Harris, general counsel for the National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds in Indianapolis. Despite that problem, he considers this proposed law as "a very good document" that is "a great improvement over existing model legislation."
In addition, reinsurers were concerned about a claims estimation/
acceleration issue, but it was resolved through "a fair and balanced compromise," said Debra J. Hall, vp and general counsel of the Reinsurance Assn. of America in Washington.
For example, the proposal allows estimation of known claims that are contingent or unliquidated and allows estimation of incurred-but-not-reported claims for limited purposes. However, such estimation may not be used to accelerate reinsurance recoveries, except as part of a court-sanctioned commutation process, Mr. Stinson said.
While the receivership law proposal is garnering popular support, it is uncertain whether the presentation of this draft will encourage more states to join the interstate insurance commission, Mr. Gallanis said.


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Q: express dynamic routing using multer middleware For reasons I need to be able to dynamically control the routes express uses (ie. I need to be able to enable and disable URLs/paths on the fly depending on what is set active and what isn't).
This is why express only gets 1 path added:
this._express.all('*', (req, res, next) => {
            console.log(req.path);
            console.log(req.method)
            if (req.path in this._routes){
                this._routes[req.path](req, res, next);
            } else {
                res.sendStatus(404);
            }
        });

However, I have an upload form to send files to the server, and the normal way of using multer is as follows:

let upload = multer({ dest: 'uploads/' })
express.post('/upload', upload.single('file'), (req, res, next) => {
 // Do stuff and have access to req.file
});

However, using my current method, I can't add the multer middleware to the dynamic route and I've tried to call the middleware inside of my custom route code when /upload is called, however, this is to no avail. Is there a way to circumvent having to hard pass my routes to express and still use middleware such as multer (and possibly others that are added through the route) instead of express.use()?
as I stated before, any and all of these routes can be enabled/disabled/modified through and admin panel, and I'd rather not have to add the actual routes to express and have my own middleware handling the requested routes.

A: You can dynamically call multer when you want it by first creating the middleware function:
const uploadSingle = upload.single('file');

and then within any route, you can conditionally call it with:
uploadSingle(req, res, next)

If you want to know yourself when it's done, then pass your own callback instead of next and it will call your callback when it's done.  Middleware doesn't have to be registered with Express so it can be automatically called by Express, you can call it with your own code (by just manually passing the right arguments from within a request handler) when you want it to act on a given request.  That gives you full conditional control.